Karin Alicia Pedemonte

Karin Alicia Pedemonte

Karin Alicia Pedemonte

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Learning & Memory, Alzheimer's disease, Neurotrauma, Preclinical Research

Karin Pedemonte currently adjuncts in both the Psychology and Neuroscience department. She is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Uniformed Services University where she studies the behavioral and histochemical effects of Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury in preclinical models. For her PhD, she researched the beneficial effects of young plasma transfusions on behavior, histology and immunochemistry in Alzheimer's disease mice. Her Master’s research examined the effects of soy in learning and memory in mice. She has received two Bachelors, one in Mathematics and one in Psychology (both from Virginia Tech) as well as a Master’s in Public Health and a Master in Arts in Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience (both from George Mason University).

Selected Publications

Neely, C. L. C., Pedemonte, K. A., Boggs, K. N., Flinn, J. M. (2019). Nest Building Behavior as an Early Indicator of Behavioral Deficits in Mice. JOVE. 

Pedemonte, K. A., Barkey, R. E., Flinn, J. M. (2019). Blockparty: The Effect of Connected Cages on Nesting Behavior in APP Alzheimer’s mice. Neuroscience 2019. 

Pedemonte, K. A., Hernandez, C. M., Flinn, J. M. (2018).  The Effects of Diet Manipulation on Learning, Memory and Anxiety. Neuroscience 2018.

Nur, N., Pedemonte, K. A., Flinn, J. M. (2016).  Invisible Women in Science. Neuroscience 2016.

Boggs, K. N., Pedemonte, K. A., Neely, C. L. C., Stravrou, S. A., Howell, S. N., Bozzelli, P. L., Flinn, J. M. (2015). Nest Building and Circadian Rhythm is Impaired in APOE4 Mice Compared to C57 Mice. Neuroscience 2015.

Courses Taught

PSYC 461/558: Neuronal Bases of Learning and Memory

PSYC 480/592: Biological Bases of Alzheimer's Disease

PSYC 373: Biopsychology Lab

PSYC 372: Biopsychology 

PSYC 365: Psychology of Stress and Coping

PSYC 211: Developmental Psychology

PSYC 313: Child Development

PSYC 301: Research Methods

Education

  • Doctorate in Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience from George Mason University, 2021
  • Masters of Arts in Psychology from George Mason University, 2018
  • Masters of Public Health from George Mason University, 2013
  • Bachelors of Science in Mathematics from Virginia Tech, 2011
  • Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Virginia Tech, 2011